Work & commute · Ovid

Work & commute in Ovid, MI

Most working residents leave Ovid for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Coldwater (26%), Angola (6%) and Coldwater (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 932 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 913 Ovid residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ovid.

913live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ovid goes to work

Coldwater6.4 mi away

26%238

Angola, IN14.3 mi away

6%52

Coldwater4.5 mi away

5%46

Fremont, IN9.3 mi away

3%28

Sturgis22 mi away

2%23

Battle Creek33 mi away

2%22

Ovid (in town)right here

2%19

Jamestown, IN8.7 mi away

2%18

Quincy8.5 mi away

2%17

Kalamazoo42 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%454

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ovid commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

20%

17%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ovid is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ovid are

100 jobs are based in Ovid. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ovid’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ovid

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ovid residents hold

932 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−70%

Jobs based in Ovid, 2011 → 2021: 330 → 100. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.